We at M.A.D., as many others, have paid keen attention to the Intel acquisition of McAfee as the security space is moving and shaking, especially in the mobile security arena. Here is another take on it, from a Network World writer, with a MAD spin.
McAfee recently acquired its way into mobile security so internal efforts are a work-in-progress. Rather than spend $7.7 billion on McAfee, Intel could have grabbed a vendor like Good Technology or Mobile Active Defense for a fraction of what it paid for McAfee. By comparison, Juniper just picked up SMobile for $70 million.
Read more here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/65346
